Pronunciation: /kənˈfabyəˌlāt /verb[no object]1 formal Engage in conversation; talk: she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone2 Psychiatry Fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory.

I could still confabulate (in both meanings) a lot about my grandma.The problem is that lately the WotD's don't lend themselves to it very well.

Really? Didn't your grandma wear scent, either of middle, rena, flave, adole, vitre, phospore, arbore, iride or albe persuasion, under (or without) her furs ?If you are indeed reminiscent of that time, you must remain acquiescent of this fact. I, for my part, am fully cognoscent that this post is the ultimate descent into impecuniouscence of imagination in the WoTD thread....

Eventide shadows flowed into the room, slowly draining the sun's light away through the west-facing windows. Evan gently but firmly tied Sarah to the chair. Tonight's "supermoon" was expected to attract millions of amateurs, taking notice of the moon and the coincidental occasion of the Perseid meteor showers. Evan's work was not an attempt to keep Sarah from being a wannabe astronomer. Nothing was that simple. Evan needed to repeat this binding ritual once a month, whether or not the moon was at perigee. Sarah was an obligate lycanthrope. His monthly routine necessitated binding her to the thick-legged, welded iron chair, itself bolted to the floor. She could gaze at the rising moon through the eastern window of the keep without danger to herself or others, though the two dozen composite graphite-titanium straps needed occasional replacement.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Algot Runeman wrote:eventide...Sarah was an obligate lycanthrope. His monthly routine necessitated binding her to the thick-legged, welded iron chair, itself bolted to the floor. She could gaze at the rising moon through the eastern window of the keep without danger to herself or others, though the two dozen composite graphite-titanium straps needed occasional replacement.

Pronunciation: /ˌsmiT͟Həˈrēnz /nouninformalSmall pieces: a grenade blew him to smithereens

Originearly 19th century: probably from Irish smidirín.

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From smithereens, nanobots built grit. From the grit they built grains. Nanobots assembled the grains into houses which they filled with furniture, appliances and everything the world could need to support human life. Of course, because humans had blown themselves to smithereens, it was all for nothing.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

1. Spherical carbon compounds were named buckminsterfullerenes for the geodesic domes of Buckminster Fuller.Analogously smithereens were named for an obscure physicist named Smith who often made spelling errors.

Originnatural utterance: first recorded in English in the late 16th century.

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"Oh, pish!" shouted Manny as he raced across the pitch. The ball was rolling straight toward the empty goal. He leaped and stretched his arms, seeming to fly low over the grass. His fingertips brushed the ball just enough to deflect it past the post. The time expired with a nil-nil tie. The rovers would advance. That mattered more than a win. Manny would have the chance to shout "Tosh!" in the next match.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

No doubt the British aristocrat, if he used an invective überhaupt, would have remarked "Pish & Tosh!", all the while noticeably raising one eyebrow, dropping the reciprocal monocle and catching it one-handedly in a fake off-handed manner.

The American upper-cruster would have replied, in a, literally, down-to-earth fashion, "Rubbish" or "Hogwash" or even "Bullshit", depending on his level of inebriation. And his spectacles never dropped.

Pronunciation: /faˈstɪdɪəs /adjective1 Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail: she dressed with fastidious care1.1 Very concerned about matters of cleanliness: the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty

Originlate Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium 'loathing'. The word originally meant 'disagreeable', later 'disgusted'. Current senses date from the 17th century.

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When ODO offers us "sloven", we decide to be fastidious, instead. We do not wish to irritate the many WotD participants with clear and accurate memories. They would tell us that "sloven" was the word back on September 12, 2011. It would be careless to let a repeat slip through a mere 1071 days later.

For those not interested in becoming fluent with a spreadsheet, it is also possible to do "days between" calculations with online tools.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

E.P.S., your assertion, gently given, may be so. "Days between" does actually imply that we should not count the first or the last day.

I wonder, though, if counting the first day makes sense, in spite of the "between" description. After all, "sloven" was used on that first day. We avoided grave DUPLICATION by substituting fastidious(ly) today. We have, by that logic, had the 1071 days to ponder sloven, stopping today so we can acknowledge its antonym.

Nonetheless, I like your logic. 1070 is a nicer, rounder number. Let's use it.

The angels on the head of the pin (however many there may be) shout loudly for us to "keep the faith, and treat one another with kindness."

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Not to be fastidious, and though Hebrew is read from right to left, it seems to me that the equivalent of Wángereens in Israel should really be Cohenereens, according to the top of the left-hand side column, rather than according to the 16th entry, at the top of the right-hand side one...

Sal swirled the glass, gazed at the alcohol adhering to the sides of the glass and slurped. There was no need to simply sip. Sal could safely satisfy his needs. He had purchased salamanazars instead of standard sizes of wine bottles. Sal surmised he'd sip, slurp and sigh for twelve twelves of days in a row with his purchase.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.